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The High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight

Etching
01/08/1821 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. Figures are arranged about the scene.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
The High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. Etching by George Brannon, 1821.
Physical description
Print depicting the High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight. Figures are arranged about the scene.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Width: 30.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Drawn on the Spot & Engraved by G. Brannon. Newport. Pubd. Augt. 1, 1821. by the Engraver, London. To Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes of Westover, in the Isle of Wight, Baronet, Representative in Parliament and Recorder of the Ancient Borough of Newport, President of the Isle of Wight Institution &c. &c. This View of the High Street, is most respectfully inscribed by His much obliged & very humble Servant, / George Brannon.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Mr. E. Rawdon-Smith
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1786-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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